Slight wear at edges on cover, pages have slight browning, generally good. Dr Edward Norman's finely detailed account of the history of Ireland begins with the Act of Union in 1800 and ends with the present discontent in Ulster. His clear analysis of the complex 'Irish Question' traces the outstanding work of O'Connell, Parnell De Valera and other Irish leaders, underlining the militant nationalism which forged Northern Ireland and Eire from the ashes of subjection, famine , insurrection and cicil war.